It’s Official: Clan Alpine Roundup Over, HMA Now Crime Scene

The incident concluded on December 14 with 1,605 horses captured, 1,392 shipped, 190 released and 23 dead, yielding a net removal of 1,415.

The capture and removal goals were 1,594 and 1,381.

The daily reports indicate 1,394 horses shipped. The discrepancy may be related to two domestic horses caught on November 23.

There were no unaccounted-for animals according to figures in the sidebar.

The capture total included 658 stallions, 737 mares and 210 foals.

Youngsters represented 13.1% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of seven to eight percent per year.

Of the adults, 47.2% were male and 52.8% were female, providing no evidence of an abnormal sex ratio.

Eighty-one mares were returned to the HMA after receiving two doses of GonaCon Equine just 30 days apart, constituting unlawful use of the pesticide.

They were accompanied by 109 stallions.

To date, an announcement marking the end of the roundup has not appeared at the BLM news site.

The HMA is subject to permitted grazing.

RELATED: Clan Alpine Roundup Announced.

Next Black Mountain Roundup Set for January 8

The capture and removal goals are 1,000 and 960 according to the latest schedule.

A helicopter will push the burros into the traps and operations will be open to limited public observation.

The news release did not include a link to the gather stats and daily reports.

Animals identified for removal will be taken to the off-range corrals in Florence.

Jennies involved in the Platero Project will receive another dose of PZP and be returned to the area near the capture site.

The HMA contains the old mining town of Oatman, known for its furry panhandlers, and is subject to permitted grazing.

Application of PZP to control animals that interfere with animal agriculture, or pose safety hazards to motorists, constitutes unlawful use of the pesticide.

The National Data Viewer shows habitat loss and grazing allotments. Click on image to open in new tab.

The 2022 roundup took nearly 1,100 animals off the range.

The incident supports three tenets of rangeland management.

CAAWH Continues Work of Wild Horse Annie?

Yep, “Velma B. Johnston, or Wild Horse Annie, was a tireless advocate for wild horses and burros, and her legacy lives on through the work AWHC does and through the Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971.”

You didn’t know Velma was a defeatist, pesticide pusher and ranching sympathizer?

VR Darting Injury 09-15-21

“Today, 52 years later, the Act has been significantly weakened thanks to the lobbying efforts of special interest groups.”

Such as the American Petroleum Institute?

They’re not trying to reverse those changes. They’re working with the bureaucrats and ranchers to implement them.

Adjectives used in the news flash: Beloved, Incredible, Innocent.

Just as the Democrat Party has convinced millions of voters to act against their own interests, CAAWH has duped thousands of donors into funding its anti-horse agenda.

Battle of Adjectives 12-09-23

Rule of 72 Works for Wild Horses

If your savings account earns 6% per year, how long before your money doubles?

According to the Rule, 72 ÷ 6 = 12 years.

If you want your money to double in eight years, what interest rate is needed?

Same calculation, 72 ÷ 8 = 9% per year.

If a wild horse herd is growing at a rate of 12% per year, how long before it doubles?

Six years.

If it doubles every eight years, what is the growth rate?

Nine percent per year.

The formula doesn’t care if you’re counting horses or dollars.

The growth rate for horses is not the same as the birth rate.

The birth rate will be five to six percentage points higher to account for deaths.

For a herd to grow at a rate of 12% per year, a birth rate of seventeen to eighteen percent per year will be needed.

What happens when the birth rate is zero or nearly so, because the advocates poisoned the mares with pesticide-laced darts?

The herd shrinks, as is the case at the Salt River and Virginia Range.

How to Bring the Advocates to Their Knees

Issue a news release about overpopulation and excess animals.

Say nothing about forage allocations and the prevalence of livestock.

Float the idea of motorized removal.

They’ll be begging for nonmotorized removal, with ovary-killing pesticides, and they’ll provide it themselves at no cost to the government.

Pesticide Patrol 08-16-23

BLM Expands Roundup Schedule Despite Lack of Funding

The federal government has been operating on a series of continuing resolutions since October 1 because Congress has not produced a FY24 spending bill.

So how is the BLM going to pay for additional gathers and removals?

Mustang Monday

In the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area with Sheri Lind.

Just In: Paramedics Called to WHBAB Meeting

They needed 45 minutes to free this woman’s lips from the BLM’s ass.

McCullough Update

The incident was set to begin on or about November 27.

As of today, no activity has been reported.

The advocates don’t think the roundup is necessary.

They’re praying for the older horses to die.

They’re praying for foals to be killed by predators.

They’re praying for the herd to shrink on its own, aided by pesticide-laced darts, so ranchers can access most of their food and water.

Why are you still giving them money?

RELATED: McCullough Roundup Looms?

McCullough Peaks Darting-1

How CAAWH Stands Up to the Federal Government

They need $200,000 from you by the end of the year to fund their important work.

Their representative doesn’t want to talk about wild horses and burros, she wants to talk about wild horse and burro management.

Reading from a carefully prepared script, she mentions fertility control four times in three minutes.

Adjectives used in the presentation: Beautiful, Magnificent.

From public comments at the WHBAB meeting on December 14.

Grace Kuhn Leaves CAAWH?

She no longer appears in the list of staff.

That would explain the recent solicitation for Communications Director.

Did she finally come to her senses or join another ranching advocacy group?

Despite the loss, the list is large and growing, which explains why they need more of your financial support.

Pesticides R Us Better Way 11-07-23

After Raking in $147K, CAAWH Wants More

Using the National Day of the Horse as a backdrop, the Campaign Against America’s Wild Horses, a leader in nonmotorized removal, announced earlier this week an ambitious goal to raise $200K by the end of the month.

Adjectives used in the news flash: Iconic, Cherished.

“Hitting this goal will set our 2024 wild horse protection agenda.”

Protecting Them From Removal 12-03-23

“By making a contribution towards our end-of-year goal, you can help ensure AWHC has the resources we need to stand up to the federal government and be a voice for these voiceless animals.”

What a bunch of crap!

Protect Wild Horses from Advocates 08-29-21

They’re not standing up to the federal government, they’re working hand-in-hand with the federal government to poison as many mares as possible, liberating more and more resources for the public-lands ranchers.

Another Stupid Article about Horse-Car Collisions in Reno

Six incidents have occurred in the past month according to a report by KTVN News.

How many did the advocates get rid of during the same period?

Their only rival is the federal government. Not shooters, not motorists, not hunters, ranchers, drillers or miners.

Foal-Free Friday, Breaking the Monotony Edition

Imagine the tedium day after day assuring your supporters that you care about wild horses while you’re telling the bureaucrats you’re getting rid of them.

Better Way 10-25-23

The dissonance would overwhelm a normal person but we’re not talking about normal persons, we’re talking about the advocates.

If you keep referring to ovary-killing pesticides as humane fertility control, your donors might get wise.

If you keep referring to animals you’re trying to eradicate as “cherished” your followers might catch on.

Western Horse Watchers has the answer: A randomly generated term from an Excel spreadsheet to put in your reports, guest columns, news flashes and action alerts.

Cherished today, treasured tomorrow, majestic the next day. There’s no pattern, no predictability.

Keep in mind that random means some terms may repeat while others go through dry spells.

Pesticide Pushers 07-17-23

Nevada WHR Roundup Over

The incident concluded today, with 309 horses captured, 137 shipped, 165 released and seven dead.

There were no unaccounted-for animals.

The capture and removal goals were 350 and 138, respectively.

The death rate was 2.3%.

The capture total included 92 stallions, 187 mares and 30 foals.

Youngsters represented 9.7% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of five percent per year.

Of the adults, 33% were males and 67% were females, not what you’d expect from a herd that’s 50% males / 50% females.

All but three of the mares returned to the WHR were treated with Gonacon Equine, but apparently just one dose.

The event was billed as catch-treat-release and was not open to public observation.

The news release does not discuss death rates, birth rates or abnormal sex ratios.

Assateague Pony Census, December 2023

The herd on the Maryland side of the island consisted of 15 bands and 81 horses according to the December 6 inventory, no change from October.

Two horses were in a bachelor band and one was alone.

Only seven foals were born this year, seven years after the darting program was shut off.

The pesticide of choice was Zonastat-H, a favorite of the advocates.

Not included in the report:

Ratio of females to males
Size of breeding population
Number of sterilized mares

The BLM WHB Handbook indicates the breeding population should exceed 50 animals to maintain an acceptable level of genetic diversity.

The herd likely has an abnormal sex ratio, which the advocates describe as mares living longer, and this may explain why there are so few unattached stallions.

The Assateague Island Alliance updates the lists.

BLM Massively Expands FY24 Roundup Schedule

The schedule dated October 16 called for 8,826 animals to be captured and 8,214 to be removed but the schedule dated December 8 calls for 20,942 animals to be captured and 19,870 to be removed.

That’s a 137% increase in gathers and 142% increase in removals.

The North Lander Complex has been added, rivaling the East Pershing Complex in size.

Kiger and Riddle will see action, first time since 2015.

Marietta will lose horses and burros, along with Twin Peaks and Blue Wing.

Triple B and Maverick-Medicine have also been added.

Four gathers will occur during foaling season.

The first section in the schedule covers nonmotorized removals, the domain of the wild horse advocates.

These incidents support the three tenets of rangeland management.

Goldrush Mine Has No Effect on Wild Horses?

“Resource not present” according to Table 3-1 in the Final EIS.

What about livestock grazing?

Figure 1-1 in the SER for grazing management shows the location of the mine relative to the towns of Battle Mountain and Carlin, NV (page 12 in the pdf).

Figure 2-1 shows the affected allotments (page 21).

Table 2-1 indicates the four allotments offer 70,430 active AUMs on 1,193,627 public acres, or 59.0 AUMs per thousand public acres, equivalent to 4.9 wild horses per thousand public acres.

This brings more embarrassment to the bureaucrats, ranchers and advocates who claim that public lands in the western U.S. can only support one wild horse per thousand acres (27,000 animals on 27 million acres).

The mine is hard to find in the National Data Viewer if you’re looking at the wild horse areas but if you turn on the grazing allotments it’s a piece of cake.

Wild horses don’t pay much attention to HMA boundaries unless they’re marked with fences, so the conclusion of no impact could be open for dispute.

The EIS and related documents have been copied to the project folder in ePlanning.

A December 12 news release indicates the BLM has given it the green light.

Nevada WHR Roundup, Day 5

The incident began on December 8. Results through December 12:

Scope: Nevada WHR
Purpose: Pest control, resource enforcement, rancher protection
Target: Horses
Type: Planned
Method: Helicopter
Category: Cruel and costly*
Better way: Beat their numbers down with ovary-killing pesticides*
Captured: 298, up from 123 on Day 3
Average daily take: 59.6
Capture goal: 350
Removal goal: 138
Returned: 1, no change from Day 3
Deaths: 2, no change from Day 3
Shipped: 97, up from 58 on Day 3

The death rate is 0.7%.

The capture total includes 88 stallions, 180 mares and 30 foals.

Youngsters represented 10.1% of the animals gathered, consistent with a herd growth rate of 5% per year.

Of the adults, 32.8% were male and 67.2% were female. These figures don’t look like they came from a simple random process centered at 50% males / 50% females.

Body condition scores were not given.

The WHR is not subject to permitted grazing but surrounding lands are.

*According to advocates.